Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialVince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 08/08/2026West St Paul is due south of St Paul is because the normally N/S river turns E/W there. If you were a steamboat captain going north, everything to your left is just "west", everything to your right is "east." It made sense 150 years ago 😂 3202
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialBikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Cars are a self-defeating arms race. Safety and convenience are purchased for their occupants at everyone else's expense. It doesn't have to be this way. arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08...arstechnica.comHow headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after darkAutomotive lights are better than they've ever been, but there's a trade-off. 0196
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRacket @racketmn.com · 04/08/2026Pro-crypto PACs spent over $1M getting Craig reelected. In turn, she has become crypto's best friend in Congress. racketmn.com/is-angie-cra...racketmn.comIs Angie Craig Fighting for Minnesota or the Crypto Industry That's Enriching Trump? - RacketThe crypto industry spent over $1M getting Craig reelected. In turn, she has become its best friend in Congress. 14116
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Regretful“ Trump voters always remind me of the James Baldwin quote: “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.” 101413305
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRobert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Pesticides, fertilizer, and habitat loss are accelerating bird decline in ag-intensive regions. Mike Ward, a professor at University of Illinois, "said he knows farmers are concerned about the environment, including bird loss." I'm curious what data led him to this conclusion.ipmnewsroom.orgBird populations are shrinking faster in agriculture hotspots— including the Midwest, study finds - IPM NewsroomNew research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural practices. 1102
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/04/2026The worst part of any bike ride is cars. 251224131
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinctionscientificamerican.comThe baffling ecological disaster that’s killing America’s freshwater musselsBiologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinction 14438185
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialChris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Abt 2.5 million lbs of nitrate-nitrogen will pass by the town of Wapello in the Iowa River today. About 1.6 million lbs will pass through keosauqua in the Des Moines River. 2 rivers, 1 day, 4.1 million lbs. That’s equal to contents of 1200 anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks that you see in fields now. 32014
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMPR News @mprnews.org · 11/03/2026There are harmful chemicals in Minnesota’s water, and environmental groups think the state isn’t doing enough to fix the problem. They’re making their views known during the period of public comment on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s rules for protecting groundwater from nitrates.mprnews.orgNitrates are polluting Minnesota’s water. Environmental groups say the state isn’t doing enoughThe public comment window will soon close on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s rules for protecting groundwater from nitrates, which can be detrimental to human health in large amounts. 03310
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/03/2026Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs. 274172766
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 04/03/2026[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone] Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran. 103992044493
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/02/2026this is what they said it would be like under socialism 1050191524303
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers. The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇nature.comWhite House stalls release of approved US science budgetsThe US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed. 221130758
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026When you have an audience or a business you have to ensure that you always provide a lot more value to people than you extract from them. If you don't then, long term, it all breaks down. Young people I talk to today...they feel like the whole entire world has broken this contract with them. 1053488356
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialstevegrove.bsky.social @stevegrove.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Crowd-sourced data gives us a lens into how big the ICE surge was in MN compared to other places, visualized today in the Minnesota @startribune.com www.startribune.com/is-ice-reall... 5271122
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRobert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Midwest Democrats offer no vision for the greatest soil on Earth beyond strip mining it for corn to burn in gas tanks. 273
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2026Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars" 9361371371
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMisterMPLS @mistermpls.bsky.social · 31/01/2026The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti 8850311401
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X) 17432908813126
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 27/01/2026They broke Alex Pretti's rib while he was supporting his neighbors. And then he came right back out the next week. We've had an entire administration cosplaying as warriors, all for the man they just killed to be the realest example of one. 5364105
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRobin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old. 109108562645
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/01/2026🚨 NEW — Statement from the family of Alex Pretti: "We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital... 1/ 14044111461
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialIndivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 24/01/2026In the Twin Cities, this man speaks for all of us today. 05021
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 24/01/2026Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_... 22253072692
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence. 241273969835
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts. 415147696694
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialLeigh Kunkel @leighkunkel.bsky.social · 24/01/2026People are being murdered because our politicians think their reelection campaign is more important than our lives 12578192
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialJay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...startribune.comDetained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizureThe women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability. 33389304811
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialmax nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing 7903708410804
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/01/2026School officials say ICE agents have detained four children in the Minneapolis area in recent weeks, including a 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday along with his father as he returned home from preschool. 13269125
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town. 142153665715
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation. 11292690715898
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMinnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026Here’s a video of the incident captured by Ben Luhmann. bsky.app/profile/star... 29544
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147768500
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialLeah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis 601268499
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialStatus Coup News @statuscoupnews.bsky.social · 15/01/2026🚨BREAKING: Multiple fires have broken after ICE unleashed ANOTHER ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical gas at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. LIVE NOW ⬇️ 741876923
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 26/12/2025My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail 744641350
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialStreets.mn @streets.mn · 23/12/2025"What happened on the Flats is part of a pattern that played out across American cities in the mid-20th century: highways, urban renewal and industrial redevelopment converged to remove working-class and often non-white neighborhoods." streets.mn/2025/12/23/r...streets.mnRerouted Lives: How Route 52 Transformed West St. PaulIn the 1960s, St. Paul’s West Side Flats were razed for highway and industrial development: displacing families, shuttering businesses, and leaving lasting social, economic and cultural scars. 063
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialChris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025www.thegazette.com/staff-column...thegazette.comOpinion: Cleaning up Iowa's water isn't about hating farmersThe North Raccoon River routinely has elevated levels of nitrate contamination. Buy Photo So, you were expecting the secretary … 1182
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialSusanna Shore, Author @susannashore.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened. 8657422001
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 07/11/2025A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress. buff.ly/aQQC7EXhcn.orgHeavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country NewsIn response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival. 018850
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/10/2025Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor. From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:motherjones.comIndigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours." 15856268
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2025“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.comeconomist.comForget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transportPedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war 7554149
prairieamorpha.bsky.social @prairieamorpha.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Anyone have opinions on enrolling in graduate school in the near future? Thinking of either botany/plant ecology or archeology. Interests include native plant interactions with environment, glacial geomorphology, landowner attitudes towards conservation, insect interactions with plants, etc. 110
prairieamorpha.bsky.social @prairieamorpha.bsky.social · 05/10/2025thetyee.ca/Culture/2018...thetyee.caOn Ecological Amnesia | The TyeeIt’s why we forget the passenger pigeon, the reign of the buffalo. But not all of us suffer it. 000
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialRobert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Americans used to know birds by thousands of unique local folk names. Ruddy Ducks alone were called dummy duck, dinky, dipper, dopper, dumb-bird, and god-damn. My latest piece is on the joy of folk names and losing them to the bureaucratic formalization of knowledge about birds.birdhistory.substack.comChunk Ducks, Blatherskites, Butterballs, and Slug-tootsThese used to be folk names for American birds. Where did they all go? 47121
Reposted by @prairieamorpha.bsky.socialLayla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Support nurseries selling native plants. “But commercial nurseries that sell hundreds of different invasives are actually the primary pathway of invasive plant introduction.” www.umass.edu/news/article...umass.eduStudy Finds Plant Nurseries are Exacerbating the Climate-driven Spread of 80% of Invasive Species | UMass AmherstNew research from UMass Amherst is the first to precisely map role of horticulture in spreading invasives, projecting ranges under 2 degrees Celsius of warming. 1407